Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez believes the result of the Champions League final could have been different had Sir Alex included him in the starting XI
Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez believes the result of the Champions League final could have been different had Sir Alex included him in the starting XI
Carlos Tevez told Sir Alex Ferguson that Manchester United would not have surrendered the Champions League so meekly if he had been in the starting line-up.
Tevez watched from the bench as United fell a goal behind and struggled to equalise against Barcelona in Rome on Wednesday.
Ferguson eventually sent the Argentina forward on as a half-time substitute but the pattern of the game had already been established and he was unable to shake United out of their slump, with Barca claiming a 2-0 victory.
Like his United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Tevez was frustrated by Ferguson's tactics which he felt played a key role in the result.
Tevez is unhappy at a lack of regular first-team action at United and is keen for his future to be resolved, with talks ongoing between United and his advisors.
"I wanted to play in the starting line-up in Rome but that decision was down to the coach," Tevez told the Daily Mirror.
"But with a strategy more attacking in the first minute then perhaps the result would have been different.
"It has not been a good time for me because I believe that I should have played more minutes. My future will now be decided. My agents are negotiating and I am waiting to hear some news."
Meanwhile, The Mirror reported that Ferguson will reshape his humiliated Manchester United squad after their Champions League debacle against Barcelona.
Shell-shocked Fergie has decided he will not take up the option to buyu00a0 Tevez,u00a0 while Nani and Ji-Sung Park could also be high-profile victims of the Rome drubbing.
The United manager believes Lyon's Karim Benzema represents better value for money than Tevez and to meet Lyon's u00a330million asking price there will be fall guys.
Nani has failed to impress in his second season at United, while Park may be sacrificed so Fergie can bring in Wigan's u00a315m-rated midfielder Antonio Valencia, a long-term target.
Tevez was the only senior member of the squad not to return to Manchester with the rest of the United party yesterday and wore a tracksuit to the subdued United post-match party, rather than the official club suits his team-mates adhered to.
